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Born Between January 24, 1572 and June 19, 1572 • London • England
Died March 31, 1631 • London • England
Notable Works “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” • “Anniversaries” • “Batter My Heart” • “Biathanatos” • “Death, Be Not Proud” • “Devotions upon Emergent Occasions” • “Holy Sonnets” • “Paradoxes and Problems” • “Pseudo-Martyr” • “Songs and Sonnets” • “The Canonization”
Movement / Style Jacobean age • Metaphysical poets

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